I've been tracking this for a while. There is a anime-style remake of Thundercats on the way. It was my favourite childhood cartoon and I am still slightly obsessed. I was nervous about this, and the various film adaptaions that have been mooted in the past but this actually looks cool, though:

Nice little anecdote from my court clerking days - listening to a verra posh lady lawyer trying to explain the dynamics of Thundercat hierarchy to a judge to get over just how horrid her client's ex had been to heinously go behind her back and buy her son the the Lionel? action figure as a birthday present because she wanted him to save up his 'allowance' (Islington family ) to get the set all on his own...

"Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not.” George Bernard Shaw

Nice little anecdote from my court clerking days - listening to a verra posh lady lawyer trying to explain the dynamics of Thundercat hierarchy to a judge to get over just how horrid her client's ex had been to heinously go behind her back and buy her son the the Lionel? action figure as a birthday present because she wanted him to save up his 'allowance' (Islington family ) to get the set all on his own...

Actually now you say that this is why the barrister had to explain the distinction to the judge 'cos he was chuffed that the 'lead' character had the same name as his brother and then he had to know why it was so awful that daddy had bought the most expensive one! PMSL

"Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not.” George Bernard Shaw

Very excited about the Thundercats film, I remember when I was at Infant/Junior school playing at Thundercats. I was a bit of a tomboy and only played with boys so as the only girl they made me be Cheetara and I so wanted to be Lion-o.

You are right Dave a series is much better than a film, I can also use the excuse of my nephew to watch it. Hope they do the original justice, now all we need is dungeons and dragons remake and I will be a happy girl. I know they do sell it on dvd but I can't bring myself to watch just in case it's not as good as I remember.

You are right Dave a series is much better than a film, I can also use the excuse of my nephew to watch it. Hope they do the original justice, now all we need is dungeons and dragons remake and I will be a happy girl. I know they do sell it on dvd but I can't bring myself to watch just in case it's not as good as I remember.

+ there's the fact the series of of D+D finishes before they get home!

There was an ending written but it was never actually filmed. See this from IMDB:

IMDB wrote:Although many people claim there is a final episode, it was never filmed. The script, "Requiem", was finished and it is available on line courtesy of writer Michael Reaves. In addition, the DVD box set release of the series includes a performance of the script as a radio play style production.

my main recollection of Thundercats was the strident criticism in some quarters when it was announced, it was the first of the merchandising-driven series to appear on UK prime-time tv and a lot of parents hated that.